/* ===========================================================
 * TradeManager : a application to trade strategies for the Java(tm) platform
 * ===========================================================
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2011-2011, by Simon Allen and Contributors.
 *
 * Project Info:  org.trade
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,
 * USA.
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle, Inc.
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2011-2011, by Simon Allen and Contributors.
 *
 * Original Author:  Simon Allen;
 * Contributor(s):   -;
 *
 * Changes
 * -------
 *
 */
package org.trade.core.valuetype;

import java.util.Vector;


/**
 * This class is suppose to represent a base class for a specialized CodeDecode
 * type object e.g. US State Codes and Descriptions.
 * 
 * Note : This object is not intended to be used directly.
 * 
 * This object will use a LookupService in order to obtain a Lookup containing
 * all of the Systems CODE_DECODE values for a specific Type.
 * 
 * @version $Id: Decode.java,v 1.1 2001/11/06 16:51:54 simon Exp $
 * @author Simon Allen
 */
public class DAODecode extends Decode {
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5356057478795774210L;


	private static final String	DAO_DECODE_IDENTIFIER = "DAO_DECODE";

	/**
	 * Default Constructor
	 * 
	
	 */
	public DAODecode() {
	}

	/**
	 * Default Constructor
	 * 
	
	 * @param codeDecodeType String
	 * @param columnNames Vector<String>
	 * @param values Vector<Object>
	 */
	public DAODecode(String codeDecodeType, Vector<String> columnNames,
			Vector<Object> values) {
		super(codeDecodeType, columnNames, values, DAO_DECODE_IDENTIFIER);
	}

	/**
	 * Default Constructor
	 * 
	
	 * @param codeDecodeType String
	 */
	public DAODecode(String codeDecodeType) {
		super(codeDecodeType, DAO_DECODE_IDENTIFIER);
	}

	/**
	 * Default Constructor
	 * 
	
	 * @param codeDecodeType String
	 * @param identifier String
	 */
	public DAODecode(String codeDecodeType, String identifier) {
		super(codeDecodeType, DAO_DECODE_IDENTIFIER);
	}

	// override this method for value types that need to distinguish upper case
	// from lowercase
	/**
	 * Method convertToUppercase.
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	protected boolean convertToUppercase() {
		return false;
	}

}
